Birding Spots in Rajasthan
31 places in Rajasthan under birding spots. Flamingos, waders and forest birds.
Explore with dates- Band Baretha Wildlife SanctuaryBharatpur, Rajasthan · Birding SpotsThe dam that once watered Bharatpur, now a quiet winter birding lake near Bayana.
- Bishnoi Villages and KhejarliJodhpur, Rajasthan · Villages & Hidden GemsVillages that have protected trees and blackbuck since 1730, an hour out of Jodhpur.
- Chambal gharial safari, DholpurDholpur, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesGharial, skimmers and maybe a dolphin from a small boat on the cleanest big river in the north.
- Desert National ParkJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesDunes and salt flats where the last Great Indian Bustards live. Permit, jeep, winter.
- Didwana Salt LakeDidwana-Kuchaman, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA working inland salt lake with winter flamingos, on the edge of Shekhawati.
- Gadisar LakeJaisalmer, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsThe tank that watered Jaisalmer for six centuries, entered through a courtesan's gate.
- Gajner Palace and SanctuaryBikaner, Rajasthan · Palaces & HavelisA viceregal shooting lodge on a desert lake, with sandgrouse and blackbuck at the water.
- Jaisamand Wildlife SanctuarySalumbar, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesThe dry forest around Jaisamand lake: leopard country, crocodiles in the water, few visitors.
- JawaiPali, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesLeopards living openly on granite hills among Rabari herders. The surest sighting in India.
- Kaylana LakeJodhpur, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsJodhpur's 1872 reservoir in the granite hills, where the city goes for sunset.
- Keoladeo National ParkBharatpur, Rajasthan · Birding SpotsThe best wetland birding in the north. Take a rickshaw guide and give it the whole day.
- Khichan Demoiselle CranesPhalodi, Rajasthan · Birding SpotsA village that feeds twenty thousand demoiselle cranes every winter morning, and has done so for fifty years.
- Kumbhalgarh Wildlife SanctuaryRajsamand, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesAravalli forest around the fort where wolves still breed. Jeep in, or walk through to Ranakpur.
- Mount Abu Wildlife SanctuarySirohi, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesThe forest around Mount Abu: crocodiles at Trevor's Tank, bears at dusk, and the elusive green munia.
- Mukundara Hills Tiger ReserveKota, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesThe Hadoti tiger reserve where the tigers are few. Good forest, honest odds.
- National Research Centre on CamelBikaner, Rajasthan · Eco TourismThe camel farm on the edge of Bikaner. Go at four, eat the ice cream.
- Nawa and the Sambhar ShoreDidwana-Kuchaman, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsThe working western shore of India's biggest salt lake, with salt trains and winter flamingos.
- Pavapuri Jain TirthSirohi, Rajasthan · Temples & ShrinesA marble Jain tirth on the Abu Road highway whose lake has become a winter bird sanctuary.
- Ranthambore National ParkSawai Madhopur, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesTigers in a dry forest of lakes and ruins under a hill fort. Book early, go in the heat if you can.
- Rao Jodha Desert Rock ParkJodhpur, Rajasthan · Eco TourismRestored desert rock and native plants right under the walls of Mehrangarh, with marked trails.
- Sambhar Salt LakeJaipur, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsThe largest inland salt lake in India, with winter flamingos and a working salt railway.
- Sardar Samand LakePali, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA big reservoir with Umaid Singh's 1933 hunting lodge on the shore, and flamingos in winter.
- Sariska Tiger ReserveAlwar, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesThe Aravalli reserve that lost all its tigers and got them back. Slow sightings, fine forest.
- Sethani ka JoharaChuru, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA famine-relief tank of 1899 that still holds water, ringed with chhatris. Go at sunset.
- Siliserh LakeAlwar, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA dammed valley lake with a small palace on the bank, the standard stop on the Sariska road.
- Sitamata Wildlife SanctuaryPratapgarh, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesTeak forest at the meeting of three ranges, with flying squirrels and a Sita temple inside.
- Sorsan GrasslandBaran, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesBlackbuck on open grassland where the bustards used to be, with a donkey fair at Shivratri.
- Surwal LakeSawai Madhopur, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsThe winter birding lake outside Ranthambore. Go at dawn, before it dries in March.
- Tal Chhapar SanctuaryChuru, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesTwo thousand blackbuck on a flat grassland, and one of the great harrier roosts of India.
- Talab-e-Shahi and Khanpur MahalDholpur, Rajasthan · Lakes & DamsA Mughal hunting lake from 1622 that fills with ducks every winter.
- Van Vihar and Ramsagar sanctuariesDholpur, Rajasthan · Wildlife & Tiger ReservesThe old Dholpur shooting reserve, now two small sanctuaries with a crocodile lake.
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